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POLISHING ALLOY WITHHIN AN INCH OF ITS LIFE - WHY?

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baldbmxer:
Theres alot of polished alloy parts around these days, parts like Tuff/Pro Neck stems and Redline Chainwheels that have been polished within an inch of their lives!. Parts such as these didnt come with this finish BITD - well not as I remember anyway.

Alloy stems with a professional polished finsh came in the form of ESP, Pro Fit, and ProIII and later Crupi, JP, and GT (and maybe a few more here and there.

People seem to be polishing stuff all the time now, every week there is a polished Tuff/Pro neck stem for sale with prices ranging from £70 - to the rediculous £130!! ffs, for something that in my eyes is far from original. A Skyway TA in anything but white or chrome wouldnt sell for as much would it?

And dont get me started on highly polished PK Rippers!!!!!!  :tickedoff:

Polishing takes away. In the case of a Tuff/Pro Neck stem it rounds the near square corners off, and with a Ripper frame it kills the welds. I know that alot  depends on how much attention the polisher is prepared to take but in both cases it takes away the character of the item that made them what they are BITD.

Yes I am a purist and like my OS bike parts the way they were meant to be BITD, even if that colour was pink or lavendar! again not my bag baby!! - I didnt like that movement in the history of BMX  :buck2:

What do you guys think? Remember, its not war or anything just old bike bits, and an old fart with an opionion on a cold Saturday morning.  :)

dwain dibbly:
i have to agree about the ripper frame. i love to see a ballburnished frame :smitten:
but it just looks wrong polished :-\
parts however i have a different opinion.
i love to see a polished stem or chain ring.
and i don't think its a new thing i remember as i kid
sitting in my bedroom with a tube of autosol that id nicked
out of my dads toolbox and tried to polish my sr stem with
limited results ;D
also remember other kids stripping paint from frames,polishing parts,
stickering their frames as different bikes, swapping parts.
bmx was an individual sport :daumenhoch:

its not untill now i have learnt to appreciate a bike in its original spec
as a kid anything goes.

AND WE ALL LOVE A BIT OF BLING :2funny: :2funny:

Swivel:
Good points here. I think it depends on what type of look you're going for... if you want to keep it original then you shouldn't polish it but if you fancy something bling and a bit custom (i've got 2 custom builds already) then polishing is good. I do think the tuf neck stems do look sexy when polished. I know if that type of effect was available BITD I would have definately gone for it ;)

Rombloke:
john...dont give it all that....you love a good polish!!

Dave

baldbmxer:

--- Quote from: Rom Bloke on January 12, 2008, 10:33 AM ---john...dont give it all that....you love a good polish!!

Dave

--- End quote ---


We all enjoy a good polish   ;)  but here is a time and a place for polishing up here at JJ's  :coolsmiley:

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